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FEODOR HIRSOH, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF FlVE-EIGHTHS TO ABRAHAMSOHELL AND CARL ROSELL, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

,MACHINE FOR LABELING CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 360,694, dated April 51887.

Application filed October 20, 1884. Serial No. 146,006. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FEODOR HIRSGH, a citizen of the United States;residing in the city and county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Machine for Labeling Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved machine for labeling cans inwhich, by successive operations of a series of mechanisms which arecombined in the machine, a strip of paper will be printed in acontinuous manner with proper label impressions or label matter, and bepasted and moved forward under ten sion to intermittently-revolvingfeed-rollers to a cutter and be cut into labels of dimension size inlength, and apply such pieces as labels to the circumference of cans,which will be antomatically introduced to the labels while said cans arerevolved, and when the labels have been properly applied automaticallydeliver the cans from the machine.

My invention consists in the elements, devices, and parts, and thecombinations of elements, devices, and parts hereinafter particnlarlydescribed, and set forth in the claims.

The objects of my invention are, primarily, to produce a machine by themeans of which successive progressive operations will be had with apaper strip, by successively operating mechanisms which will operateautomatically and continuously with the same and such proper strip,while other mechanisms will operate automatically and simultaneouslywith the cans to be labeled, so as to finally apply the paper in theform of labels in a cemented manner to the cans and deliver the cansautomatically from the machine; and, secondly, to provide specificmechanism, by which the invention may be made practical and operativefor automatically printing labels, pasting and cutting the same todimension size, and applying the same to the cans. I attain theseobjects by the means illustrated in the accom: panying drawings, (in tensheets) forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is ahorizontal view of my canlabeling machine, taken from above. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, (right-hand side.) Fig. 3 is a side elevation,(left-hand side.) Fig. eiis afront end elevation. Fig. 5 is a sectionalelevation taken at line 1 in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectionalview taken at line 2 in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional Viewtaken at line 3 in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view takenat line 4 in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of themechanism which carries the cutlabel from the knife to the can to belabeled. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 11 is a front endelevation of the same. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the clutch mechanism 1on an enlarged scale. Fig. 13 is a sectional elevation of clutch andfeed mechanism'operating the feed-roller to the knife. Fig. 14 is a sideelevation, on an enlarged scale, of the mech-. anism which operates toreceive the cans after the label has been applied and deliver the samefrom the machine. Fig. 15 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 16 is aside elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the mechanism operating tosupport the can while being centered between the can-revolvingdisks.Fig. 17 is a sectional elevation of the same at line 5, Fig. 16.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

A A is the frame of the machine, which frame is constructed in anyproper manner for receiving the several parts and mechanisms employed.

A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, is the main driving shaft,(sometimes called the camshaft,) having secured to it band-pulley A andloose pulley A. To the opposite end of this shaft is the fixed pulley A.

B, Figs. 1,2,3, and 5, is a counter-shaft supported in proper bearingsfrom the frame and having fixed to one end thereof driven pulley I),which is connected with pulley A on shaft A. Secured also to thiscountershaft are driving-pulleys b, (for communicatshoe fixed to anadjustable piece, a, which can be set nearer to or farther from disk byan adjusting-screw, 0', so as to cause the brakeshoe to bear withgreater or less force on disk 0 and thereby prevent shaft Ofrom beingtoo freely revolved. Situated at a short distance from the paper-r011shaft 0, and forward of the same, is the label-printing mechanism, whichwill be hereinafter fully described. Situated above the same shaftOisthe pasting mechanism by which the paper is pasted.

D, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, is the paste-box, made with any proper form andsupported by any proper brackets from the frame.

D, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, is a shaft arranged horizontally across andover the paste-box and supported from the frame in proper bearings, andis revolved by pulley d, driven by a belt from driving-pulley If oncounter shaft B.

D is the paste-wheel, fixed on shaft D at about central in its lengthand between the sides of the paste-box. This pastewheel I prefer to makeof brass or other suitable material.

D is a revolving paste-brush mounted on shaft 61 provided with pulleyD", driven by a band from grooved pulley d. The bearings of this shaft dare made with the free ends of arms 01*, and are secured toloosely-mounted shaft (1 having hearings in the frame. The

outer ends of arms (1* are supported by adjustable connecti ng-bars 0Figs. 2 and 5, which are each provided with slot 0 and setscrew 0, foreffecting a vertical adjustment of the same. The arms d are providedeach with a slot at its forward end, and are secured to shaft d byset-screw d, working through said slots and screwing in shaft d, Fig. 1.By means of these arms d and c and their respective slots andset-screws, above described, the revolving paste-brush I) may be setnearer or farther from the periphery of the pastewheel D, as the natureof the work to be done or the wear of the brush may require.

D is the paste-dressing brush, mounted on shaft of, revolved by pulley dfrom pulley d on shaft D. This shaft d is mounted in bear ings which areadjustable in a horizontal direction.

D, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, is the pa per supporting wheelarranged so in relation to revolving brushes D and D that the latterwill revolve against the periphery of the former, (or on the paperbetween said wheel and brushes.) This wheel D is mounted on shaltd,supported in proper bearings from the frame, and isintended to supportthe paper while brushes D and D are operating with the paper to pasteand dress the same,and 00- operates with said brushes to move the paperforward while being brushed. The periphery of wheel D is at ashortdistance from shaft 02, so as to admit the passage of the paper strip Pbetween them while it is being fed forward.

D Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7,- is the paper-tension device,composed ofarms a a, pivoted to the shaft of wheel D, and crossbar a, having asmooth face and secured to the free ends of said arms.

E, Figs. 2,3, and 7, is the driving-shaft of the label-applyingmechanism, which shaft is supported in proper bearings from the frame.

E, Fig. 1, is a pulley secured to said shaft and revolved bya beltconneetingwith pulley b on counter-shaft B. Secured to shaft E at aboutthe middle of its length is pulley E Figs. 1 and 5, which pulley isconnected with pulley E on shaft (2 by a belt, and drives the revolvingparts of the label applying mechanism, which is shown in Figs. 1 and 5and illustrated on enlarged scale in Figs. 9,10, and 11. Shaft c has itshearings in the forward ends oflinks ee. (Shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11.)These links are loosely connected with shaft E, Fig. 5, one at each sideof pulley E. Mounted on shaft 6, Figs. 9, 10, and 11, at each side ofpulley E, are grooved pulleys E E which revolve by means of band-pulleysc a, mounted on shaft 6, which is supported in proper bearings in amovable carriage.

E Figs. 9, l0, and 11, is a movable carriage adapted to be moved in areciprocating manner from thefront of knife K forward, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 10, and thence back, as shown by full lines in thesame figure, and also to have its forward end portion alternately raisedand lowered, as will be hereinafter described. This movable carriage iscomposed of side pieces, 0 e and c 0 (Shown in Figs. 1 and 5 andillustrated on an enlarged scale in Figs. 9,10, and 11.) One piece ofeach pair (6* c of these side pieces ofsaid carriage is provided with aslot,and the other with a bolthole, through which bolt e is passed tohold said pieces securely together. By means of said slots and thebolts, the sides of the movable carriage is rendered capable of beinglengthened or shortened,to adapt it for use in applying labels ofdifferent lengths to cans of corresponding diameters.

E is a roller mounted on shaft 6 supported in bearings in the forwardend of pieeese, and a second roller, E, is mounted on shaft 6 and isconnected with the forward roller, E, by the endless apron E Motioncommuni. cated from pulleys E E" to pulleys e a revolves the coactingrollers E E, moving the endless apron E. (Shown in Figs. 1 and. 5 and onan enlarged scale in Figs. 9, 10, and 11.) This endless apron Idenominate the label-applying apron, which is revolved continuously.This movable carriage is properly supported and guided in itsreciprocating movement by the jointed parallel ways F F F F. Therearward parts, F F, of these ways are rigidly secured to the frame workby proper brackets, ff, and are relatively horizontal. The forwardparts, F F, are pivoted from their rear ends to the forward ends ofpieces F F, and are adapted to have their forward ends alternatelyraised and lowered, as indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 10.The forward endsof pieces FFare connected together by a cross-piece,which is pivoted to arm f, secured to rock-shaft F, as shown in Figs. 9and 10, and also in Figs. 1, 4:, and 5. This rock-shaft is supported inproper bearings and provided with slotted arms f provided with anadjustable wrist-pin, to which is loosely connected the upper end of rodj. The lower end of connecting-rod f is connected with the forward endof lever F which has its fulcrum in cross-bar G. The rear end of lever Fhas bearing against cam G on shaft A, (the camshaft.) Spring 9 connectsthe forward end of lever F with any fixed piece attached to the frame,and holds the latter in constant contact with cam G. This cam G andspringg operate to vibrate leverF and through connecting-rod f" and armf operate rockshaft F, and thereby vibrate, through link f, the portionsF F of the carriageways F F in a vertical direction, so as to raise theforward end of carriage E when it is being moved forward, to dottedlinesin Fig. 10, and lower the same when it is being moved rearward toposition of full lines in the same figure.

When carriage FF and its label-applying apron are carried forward toposition of dotted lines in Fig. 10, the forward portions, F, of thecarriage-way will be elevated, as indicated, and so raise this apron asto be in contact with can Z as it is revolved in direction of arrow inFig. 10; and when the said apron with its carriage is about to be movedrearward to the knife, and as shown by full lines in the same figure,the rock-shaft will operate to lower portions F of the way, and causethe endless apron to quickly drop down from cont-act with can Z.

The horizontal reciprocating movement of carriage E and apron E iseffected by mechanism, as follows:

H H, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and on an enlarged scale in Figs. 9,10, and 11, are levers having their fulcrums on the ends of shaft 6,which carry pulleys E and 'E" E, and which have hearings in the forwardends of links e. The upper ends of these levers are pivoted to the endsof shaft 0, carrying grooved pulleys 6 .6 and E of the label-applyingapron E The lower ends of these levers H are pivoted with shaft at h.

H, Figs. 1 and 5, is a connectingrod hav' ing its forward end pivoted toshaft h and its rearward end to oscillating arm H", which is pivoted toany proper ear fixed to the frame.

h is a roller loosely mounted on the pivotpin which connects rod H witharm H".

H is a circular disk mounted on shaft G". This disk H has made in it thegrooved cam H, in which roller h works as the said disk is revolved indirection of arrow 1. This cam H has four operating-surfaces, againstwhich roller h works. These surfaces are surface 1, which is madestraight and operates to move rod H rearward; curved surface 2, forholding rod H rearward in an idle position; surface 3, for moving saidrod quickly forward, and sharp curved surface for holding said rodforward in an idle position. It will be readily seen that by eachrevolution of cam H each of these surfaces will operate once andsuccessively to vibrate levers H H, with a short stoppage between eachvibration, and give to the endless label'applying apron E its horizontalreciprocating movement and stoppages.

The movements of the surfaces 1, 2,. 3, and

4 of cam H" are so timed in relation to the movement of thevertically-vibrating portions F of the way of carriage Ff, Fig. 6, thatwhen surface 1 has thrown rod H back in direction of arrow 2sufficiently to more said carriage and endless apron E forward, so thatits forward end is beneath the can, the throw-surface of cam G on shaltA, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, will operate through lever F, rod f", androck-shaft F to movelink f'npward and raise the portions F of thecarriage and throw the label applying apron up against the periphery ofcan Z, Fig. 10, when, by the further revolution of cam H, the curvedsurface 2 of the same will hold this apron up while it is being carriedforward to its full distance as it is being revolved on its rollers.W'hen surface 3 of said cam H is about to carry said belt back, (throughthe above-described mechanism,) the depressed surface of cam G willoperate to permit spring 9 to draw (through lever F rod f rock-shaft Fand link f) the forward ends of pieces F down and hold said pieces in ahorizontal position until surface 3 of cam H* has-operated to move saidapron and its carriage back. The surface 4 of said cam will then operateto hold the mechanism between that earn and the apron-carriagetemporarily idle, with said carriage and apron in situation at the frontside of the cutter or knife.

Cam H" is revolved by pinion If, (secured to shaft G which is actuatedby gear-wheel h driven by pinion h secured to shaft A, Figs.

1, 3, 5. and 7.

I, Figs. 1, 3, and 5, is an intermittently-re vol ving feed-rollerarranged rearward of knife or cutter K and forward of the tension deviceD. This roller I has its shaft 1 supported in proper bearings from theframe,and is revolved by theloose gear-pinion 1', Figs. 1 and 13. Thisloose pinion 1 is arrangedwith friction-clutch I, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 6, and7. (Shown, also, in enlarged views, Figs. 12 and 13.) Thisfrictionclutch is composed of disk I, firmly secured to shaft l,friction shoes 1" i, fitted nicely to the internal surface, 13", of saiddisk, plate 1 secured to loose pinion l pivoted arms 2', con nectingshoes '2'. with plate l and springs 17 2', between said plate and shoes,as shown in Fig. 12. It will beobserved that springs i exerta pushingforce between arms 2'" of plate I and the shoes, while springs i exert apulling force between the same, and that these two classes of springscooperate to hold shoes 2" crowded outward against concave surface i, andwith a tendency to move said shoes relatively in direction of arrows 3,Fig. 12. It will also be observed that arms 1', in their pivotedconnection with plate Fand the shoes, are set relatively at an incline,so that the pivots connecting these shoes with the respective arms willbe outward past a line drawn through the centers of the pivots whichconnect said arms with plate I and the center of shaft I. In therelative arrangement of these parts, as above described, when plate 1 ismoved with pinion 1 (to which it is attached) in direction of arrow 4,such movement of plate I will operate with pivoted arms i to force theshoes 1" outwardly against surface '5", while at the same time springsz" i will hold said shoes forward in direction of arrows 3 and effect africtional bite of the shoes on friction-surface t, and cause disk I andshaft 1 to revolve in the same direction as plate P and pinion 1 It willtherefore be readily seen that the revolution of pinion l in directionof arrow 4, Fig. 12, will throw the shoes 7; in frictional engagementwith the surface i of disk I and cause said disk to be revolved indirection of arrow 5, Fig. 12, and revolve shaft 1, with which it isfixed, in the same direction, and thereby revolve feed-roller I forwardin direction of arrow 6, Fig. 5.

1 Figs. 1, 3, and 12, is an external frictionshoe provided with arm 2'held loosely in socket l secured by a bracket to the frame.

This shoe is connected with the socket-piece by an obliquely-arrangedlink, i (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 12,) which is provided at one endwith the said shoe and at its opposite end with said socket-piece, asshown in the same figure. This obliquely-arranged link allows the arm ofthis shoe to work freely in either direction in the loosely-fittingsocket I. A spring, 1 is secured to the lower side of the socket-piece,with its free end bearing against the lower end of shoe 1, to hold theshoe up in position against the convex surface of disk 1.. A set-screw,1 works through the back wall of socket 1 and against arm 2' of theshoe.

It will be observed that when the shoe is held up by spring I, asshownin Fig. 12,there is between the lower side of arm 41 of the shoe and thelower wall of socket l a small space, and that whenever this shoe-armdrops down to the lower wall of the socket, link i willoperate to drawthis shoe back from contact with friction-surface z" of disk I. It willalso be understood that by means of set-screw l the distance said linkwill draw said shoe back from said friction-surface can be limited atwill. WVith this form of construction and arrangement of theabove-described parts this shoe will operate toinstantly stop therevolution of disk 4 (forming part ofclutch 3) at the instant pinion land plate 1 cease to be revolved in direction ofarrow 4, Fig. 12, asthis shoe 1 will operate instantaneously to check all movement of disk Iin direction opposite to that of arrow 5, while it will readiiy permitthe disk to revolve in direction of arrow 5,as the movement of the diskin that direction tends to carry shoe 1 downward when spring I willyield and link i will draw the shoe back to the limit permitted byset-screw 1 J, Figs. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 13, is atoothed rack,which is operated in a reciprocating manner by the revolving crank-diskJ in same figures. This disk is provided with an adjustable wrist'pin,Jflwhich can be set nearer to or farther from the center of motion ofsaid disk by means of the adjusting'screw J ac cordingly as the lengthof movement of the rack is required to turn the feed-roller I to adistance equal to the length of paper desired to be fed forward tocutter K. When the wrist-pin J is set nearest to the center of disk Jthe length of stroke of toothed rack J will be shortest, and when set tothe greatest dis tance from this center the length of said stroke willbe the greatest, and the distance of revolution of the feed-roller willbe greater or less. accordingly as the length of the movement of therack is increased or lessened.

J, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 13, is a rocking guide or way pivoted tobearing or sleeve J loosely mounted on shaft 1 of the feed-roller I.This guide holds toothed rack J and guides it in its movements,and holdsthe same in en gagenient with pinion I", to revolve it in alternatedirections, in direction of arrow 4, Figs. 1 and l2,to hold with thefriction-clutch, and throughit revolve the feed-roller,and in a reversedirection, when it will be out of engagement with said clutchandrevolveloosely on the shaft of said roller without affecting the feedroller.

Pinion h on shaft (l is of thesame diameter as pinion h on shaft A. Itwill therefore be seen that the revolutions of shafts Wand If will be inequal time, so that disk J and disk H of cam H will be revolveduniformly the same. This equal revolution of disk J with cam H willoperate to cause the toothed rack J, through pinion I and its clutch, torevolve feed-roller I (while said rack is being moved upward) to carryforward a length of paper to equal the circumference of the can plus thelength of laps of ends of the same, (the feed having been regulatedpreviously by the distance of wrist-pin Jifrom the center of disk J.)The upward movement of this toothed rack J is sotimed with the movementof the label-applying apron -carriage E" that said rack will only beginto revolve feed-roller I when that carriage has been brought back to thefront of knife K, with the apron E in position to receive the same as it(the toothed rack) begins its operations to revolve thefeed-roller I,and thedownward or return movement of rack J will commence as soon asthelength of paper for a label has been fully fed forward. Inthe upwardmovement of rack J theinternal friclion-shoes, 11, (for holding pinion Iwith friction-clutch 1 will operate through said clutch to revolve thefeed-roller, while in the downward movement of said rack said shoes willcease to operate, and the exterior shoe, 1, will hold, with disk I", toprevent its turning back,

so that the reversed revolution of pinion I on the shaft of thefeed-roller will not in the least affect said roller.

j j, Figs. 1, 2, and 5, are pinchingrollers mounted on a shaft supportedin notch-bearings made with proper brackets secured to the frame. Thesepinching-rollers are each made with a narrow convex form of face, andhave bearing on feedroller I, (or on the paper on said roller,) and arepositively revolved by gears j, actuated by gears mounted on shaft 1 ofthe feed-roller l. The pasted paper P is passed between these pinchingrollers and the feedroller, as shown in Fig. 5, and the pinch of theformer rollers is regulated by the adjust able pressing-blockj, Fig. 5,which is attached to the vertically-moving platej, supported onhorizontal bar 7 by means of an adjusting screw, 9', screwing into saidplate and working loosely in keeperj Fig. 1, held to the bar j byset-screw j which set-screw works into said keeper and into a slot madein plate j".

At each stoppage of the revolution of feedroller I thepinching-rollersjj will also cease to operate, and will coact throughthe gearsj with the feed-roller to hold the paper from being drawn backwhen tension device D is pressing down on the paper strip P.

L, Figs. 1 and 5, is a roller arranged in frontof feed-roller I,forsupporting the forward end of the paper after a label has been cut fromstrip I. This roller is revolved by band Z, running in a groove made inthe end portion of feed-roller I, and has its bearing in brack etssupported from the frame.

L L are a pair of pressing-rollers mounted on a shaft revolving innotch-bearings. These rollers rest on supporting-roller L, (or the paperbetween.) The faces of these rollers are made with sharp convexsurfaces, so as to have only a line-like thread bearing on the pastedpaper,and serve to hold the paper down on supporting-roller L below,after the knife has been operated to cut off a label.

K, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, is the knife,which is secured to k nife-barK, supported from the knife-frame K by vibrating connecting-bars k ft,Fig. 7 ,which are arranged at like angles in relation to the knife. Oneend of each of these arms 76 is pivoted to the knife'frame and theopposite end to the knife-bar to which knife K is attached, as shown.The knife secured to its bar is held close to the frame by keep ers kFig. 7. These keepers are secured to the frame by any proper fastenings,and preferably by bolts, and have their upper end portions forcedagainst the front side of the knife-bar K by elastic pieces (preferablyrubber) between the lower ends of said keepers and knife-frame.

K, Figs. 2, 3, and 7, is a connecting-rod pivoted to the knife-bar, withits lower end pivoted to lever K by a double-joint connection, is", Fig.7, or equivalent joint-connection, which will relieve the connection-rodfrom transverse strain. This lever K* is pivoted to any proper bracketattached to the frame, and has its free end provided with roller [$3Fig. 2, and is provided with spring 76*, which connects with a piecefixed to the frame.

K is a cam secured to shaft A. This cam is circular in its major portion76 and runs back to the line of the same, as shown. This major portion[0 of the periphery of the cam operates with roller 703 to elevate andhold up the free end oflever K* and force rod K upward,

and thereby raise knifeK and bring it in position ready for cutting. Theconcave portion k of the cam permits roller 7c of the lever to descend,when spring It will draw down on said lever,and through rod K draw theknifebar and its knife suddenly downward, when the vibrating bars 7t 70will operate to guide the knife in an endwise'swinging movement whiledescending and cause-it to have a draw form of cut.

K is the stationary knife secured to a piece fixed to the frame, and.has its upper edge made on a horizontal line in relation to roller L,Figs. 1 and 5. The cutting-edge of moving knife K is made on aslightlyinclined horizontal line in relation of the line of cutting-edgeof the stationary knife, so that when knife K is moved it will cut witha swinging form of cut as it is drawn downwardly and endwise by theoperation of connecting-rod K and bars 7c 7c, and start the cutting ofthe paper at the end of the stationary knife from which the moving knifeswings and finish at the opposite end. By this peculiar feature in theoperations of the moving knife the paper will not be in the leastdisturbed or moved from its line of original lay on the label-applyingbelt while it is being cut.

The cutting operation of the knife is so timed in relation to theoperations of the feedroller I and the longitudinal movement of thelabel-applying apron E that the knife will be made to descend theinstant the forward revolution of the feed-roller has stopped and at themoment the carriage carrying the labelapplying apron is about to startforward.

M M, Figs. 5, 6, and 17, are the can-revolving shafts, which aresupported in proper bearings from the frame, and are each provided ontheir inner ends with canholding disks M, which have rubber or otherelastic facingpieces at, Fig. 17. These shafts M are free to revolve andto be moved endwise, and are each revolved by loose gears m, Figs 1, 2,3, 4t, and 6, provided with journals held in proper bearings, m, Fig.6,wit-h the frame, and holding with said shafts M by a feather orspline, as in the practice of the trade, so that said shaft will berevolved when it is being moved endwise in either direction. These gearsin are actuated by gears 777/ secured to shaft M, supported in properbearings and revolved by pulley M driven by a band from driving-pulley bon countershaft B.

M" M are adjustable sleeves secured to shafts M, respectively, byset-screws. These sleeves are each provided with an annular groove inwhich works a shiftingsleeve, m Figs. 1 and 4.

M M', Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 6, are duplicate levers having their pivots mfixed to the frame by any proper brackets. The ends of the vertical armsof these levers are provided with slot-form holes, by which each saidend will have a joint-connection by means of pivot-pin m, Fig. 6, withthe ears of shiftingsleeve m". The horizontal arms of these levers alsoare provided at their ends with slot-form holes, and are each pivoted tothe coupling-head m Fig. 6,which is secured to the vertically-movlligconnecting-rod M, which is pivoted to the front end of lever M Thislever has its fulcrum fixed to the cross-bar G, and its rear ward armhas bearing against cam M secured to camshaft. The throw portion of thiscam operates lever M to lift rod M and operate levers M M so as to throwtheir upper ends outward, and through shifting-sleeves m and groovedsleeves h move the canrevolving shafts M and their attachedcairclaniping disks h endwise outwardly, so as to draw saidclamping-disks away from the can.

M Fig. 5,.is aspring having its upper end secured to the coupling-head mof the horizontal arms of levers M and its lower end to some piece fixedto the frame. WVhen the throw-surface of cam M has fully operated leverM,so as to move shafts M endwise apart, Spring M will operate to drawthe coupled horizontal arms of levers M downward, and thereby throw theupper ends of said levers inward or toward each other,and throughshifting-sleevesm and thegrooved sleeves M move shafts M DJ and thecanclamping disks M M toward each other and against the ends of the cansto be revolved. These shafts -M M and their disks are revolvedcontinuously,and the inward movements of these parts toward each otherare so timed that the clamping of the cans is effected at the instantthe carriage of the label-applying belt is started forward.

N N, Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 17, are brackets secured to the frame andprovided with circular recesses n n,into and from which theclampingdisks M work accordingly as shafts H are moved endwisc.Projected from these recessed brackets are inclined ways a, Fig. 5,through which the cans are passed to between these clamping-disks. Madein these brackets at points a little below the periphery of theseclamping-disksarcguide-holes a" nfiinto which work the can-centeringpins of if, Fig. 17. These centering-pins are located so as to havetheir upper sides on points of the circle of the can to be operatedwith, and are secured to heads N. These heads are each pivoted to theupper end of their respective levers N, which levers have their fulcrumsfixed to cross-bar N, and have their lower ends pro vided each with aroller, which works in the equal-grooved cams N N, Figs. 4, 6, 7, and 8.The grooves of these cams are so formed that one portion thereof willoperate to move the levers so as to carry each pair of centeringpins nit simultaneously inward and to ward each other, and another portion tooperate to hold these pins inward until the canrevolving disks have beencarried inward to fully clamp the can, and another portion opcrates tomove these pins outward from each other as soon as the can has beencentered and clamped, while another portion operates to hold the pinsback until the can has been sufficiently revolved with the'label appliedand discharged from between the clampingdisks.

0, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 14, is the can-catching apron, made of a flexiblepiece of materialsuch as leather or rubber. One end of this apron issecured to the bar 7, attached to the head of the vertically-movingbracket 0, and the other end to bar 1",secured tolever P; and bracket 0is secured to the vertical sliding piece 0 which is guided in way 0secured to crossbar O of the frame. The lever I, Figs. 14 and 15, ispivoted between the ears of the head of bracket 0. Springs P areattached at one end to the rearward arms of lever P, and at theiropposite ends to arm 9, connected with sliding piece 0", and operatelever P, so as to raise its forward end and throw bar r toward thestationary bar 9", and

thereby give to the apron a concave form of surface,which willcorrespond nearly with the concavity of the can it is to catch anddeliver from between the can-clamping disks, as illustrated by full anddotted lines in Fig. 14.

The mechanism I prefer to employ for operating lever P and apronO, tocause the latter to be lowered for discharge of the labeled can,consists of arm P, Fig. 5, fixed to sliding piece 0 rock-shaft Psupported in proper bearings and having arm I fixed thereto and beneatharm P for operation with the same, and provided at one end with arm PFig. 4, provided with a wrist-pin, P, connecting-rod P Figs. 1, 2, 3,and 4, pivoted at its forward end to the wrist-pin and at its rearwardend to vibrating arm P Fig. 2, suspended from a bracket secured to theframe and carrying at its lower end a roller, and the cam P, secured tocam-shaft G Cam P, Fig. 2, is made with a groove form, and the roller onvibrating arm 1? works in the groove as the disk carrying the cam isrevolved in direction of arrow. The portion of cam-surface 1 operates tovibrate arm P forward, and through rod P to so move the rockshaft P asto lift arm P" and cause it to raise sliding piece 0 to carry lever Pand apron 0 up to a situation close to the lower side of the labeledcan, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 14, when springs P willoperate to raise the front end of lever P and carry the front end ofapron O upward, with the body of the apron having bearing on the convexlower portion of the can as it is held between the clamping-disks. Theportion of cam-surface 2 operates through arm I? and rod P to move IIOrock-shaft P in a reverse direction and carry arm P downward, and permitsliding piece 0 to descend as it is pulled on by spring S, secured tothe lower end of said sliding piece and with a piece fixed to theframeof the machine. After the downward movement of arm P" has progressed toa short distance it will draw down on connecting-rod S, which has itsupper end connected with apron-lever P at a point forward of itsfulcrum, and gradually move that lever so as to carry its bar r downwardand forward while the lever and its apron is being fullv lowered, asillustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 14. In this downward and forwardmovement of the forward end of le ver P the apron will be graduallystretched out from a concave form of upper surface to an inclined flatform of surface, as illustrated by dotted lines in the same figure, overwhich the can will freely roll, to be delivered in chute S", and thenceroll into any proper conveyer. This pull of arm P on rod S will becommenced just before the roller on surface 2 has reached point 3, andwill be finished as soon as the roller has passed that point. VVheucam-surface 4. is moving against the roller-arm P the rock-shaft willremain idle.

The said movements of the above-described parts are so timed in relationto the time of the rearward movement of the label-applying apron E frombeneath the can and the movements of the can-revolving shafts M M andclamping'disk M M and centering-pins n n in directions from each other,that the cancatching apron 0 will begin to rise as soon as saidlabetapplying apron has moved back from beneath the can, and the lever Pand apron 0 will be carried up to the can at a movement before the saidcan-clamping disks are moved outward from each other to release the can,and just before the centeringpius n n are thrust inward toward eachother, so'

that this can-catching apron will be in situation close to the labeledcan to receive the same the instant the clamping-disks release theirhold on the cans. The downward move ment of this can catching apron O isso timed that the instant the can is released from between theclamping-disks the sliding piece 0", with apron 0, will be lowered withthe can on the latter, when the front limb of its lever P will be pulledfully downward and forward just before the centeringpins n n are thrustinward to catch a second can.

T, Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, is a detent arranged between ways a n inbrackets N N and se cured to rock-shaft T, supported in proper bearingsfrom the frame, and having arm T", which is connected by rod T to leverT, which has its fulcrum supported from a bracket secured to the frame.The rear arm of this lever has bearing against cam T secured to camshaftA. The forward end of lever T is connected with spring t. The projectingportion of cam T operates to lift the front end of lever T and so movedetent T as to cause it to swing dowuward,while springi operates to drawthe forward end of said lever downward, and thereby swing the detentupward. \Vhen the detent is vibrated to its upward position it detainsthe incoming can above the can having the label applied thereto andholds it from contact with the latter, so that it (the latter) may befreely revolved while the labelis being applied. and the detcnt will bethus held until point t of cam T strikes lever T, which will occur afterthe clampingdisks have been drawn apart for the discharge of the can andjust before the centering-pins n n" have been moved inward and towardeach other, the movement of the cam T being so timed as to effect theseoperations at the times stated.

U is a conveyer, consisting of an endless belt (or chain) carried byrollers revolved by a pulley, U, driven by a band from pulley U on shaftA. This conveyer may be provided with cleats when it is to carry thelabeled cans to any place of deposit in the room, or be provided withcups when the cans are to be carried to a room below or above, the cupsemployed being adapted for lifting or lowering the cans accordingly asthey are to be carried up or down.

U is a feed-table made with any proper form and with a middle inclineway, a, in which the'cans will roll toward ways a to be fed to betweenthe can-clamping disks M M.

The label-printing mechanism is secured to the frame and in situationrelatively below the paste box and forward of the same. This printingmechanism, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, 18 composed of the inkfountain V, rollerV, revolving with an intermittent movement, duetorroller V mounted invibrating arms 1;, pivoted to the frame, and vibrated downward by cam12, mounted on shaft of roller V and up ward by spring 7)", to transferink to roller V distributing-roller V, intermediate roller, VinkingrollerV, ink-surface dressing-rollerV, cylindrical printing-form Vpressing-roller V, and papersupportiug roller c, all substantiallyasshown. The cylindrical form V bears the type matter to be printed onthe paper. Motion is communicated to the several parts of this printingmechanism by means of gearwheel h, gears v v if, and a gear on shaft ofroller V engaging with gear on the shaft of printing-form V Secured toone end of the shaft of roller V is ratchetwheel V, Fig. 2,

and loosely mounted on the same shaft is an arm carrying pawl a which isoperated by a connecting-rod, o, actuated by a crank connected with theshaft of roller V. These parts are so well known in printingpresses thata description of their mode of operation is not essential.

The passage of paper P is illustrated in Fig. 5, and is shown to bepassed from roll 0 to between rollers 22 and V", and V9 and theprinting-formv and thence up, as illustrated, over shaft (1 to wheel D,and between that wheel and revolving brushes D D and thence over saidwheel and downwardly and forwardly to ,beneath bar a of tension deviceD, thence over roller D and forward to beneath the elastic horizontalbar D", and forward to between the intermittent feed-roller I andpinchingwheelsj, and between roller L and wheels L to knife K.

In some cases I employ above endless apron E rollers Z Z", as shown inFigs. 9 and 10, for holding the paper down on said apron (when themachine is working in a room through which there is a draft of air) forpre venting the cut label from being disturbed before being carried tothe revolving can.

Oonveyer U may be made with such a length and extended in such adirection as may be required to deposit the labeled cans into aparticular place in the room, or in a room above or below, as may bepreferred.

In operating this machine it is only required of the attendant to feedthe cans forward one by one from table U into ways n, when they will besuccessively dropped down by detent T to betweenthe revolvingclamping-disks as fast as'the preceding cans are delivered from the samewith the labels applied.

By means of the abovedeseribed several elemental mechanisms and parts,the machine is made to operate with a plain blank strip of paper andwith ink and paste to produce printed and pasted labels cut with uniformlengths, and also operate with the cans to suecessively receive the samefrom a table and automatically center, clamp, and revolve the same, andcarry the pasted labels successively tothe revolving cans and apply thesame to their periphery in a proper manner and discharge the same fromthe machine to a conveyer, which can be made to deposit the cans in thesameroom or a room above or below, as preferred.

What I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the paper-sup porting wheel D, of pastebox D,revolving paste-wheel D revolving paste-brush D and the tension deviceD, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the papersupporting wheel D and pasting-wheelD", of revolving pasting-brush D mounted in bearings secured to theadjustable arms d, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with wheel D which supports the paper while beingpasted, and tension device D, of roller D and elastically-supportedslotted bar D arranged rearward of the intermittently revolvingfeedroller I, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination and arrangement, with the paper-roll shaft 0,revolving paper-supporting wheel D, and the pasting mechanism abovedescribed, of printing mechanism, substantially as above described,intermediate between the said roll-shaft and the said wheel,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination and arrangement, with the paper-supporting wheel D,tension device D supporting-roller D and slotted elastic bar D ,of theintermittentlyrevolving feed-roller I and the pinching-rollersjj,mounted on a shaft supported in notched bearings and actuated by gear j,revolved by gear secured to the shaft of the feed-roller, substantiallyas set forth.

6. The combination, with revolving papersupporting wheel D andpaste-roller D, revolving in paste-box D, ofpasting-brush D havinghearings in adjustable arms (1*, provided with slots and secured toshaft d by set-screws r, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with feed-roller I and its coacting pinching-rollersj j, of revolving eccentric J, reciprocating rack J, pinion I, looselymounted on shaft 1 of said feedroller, and disk I, secured to said shaftand pro vided with the internal clutched mechanism above described, andwhich is connected with said pinion and brake I, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, with the abovedescribed pasting mechanism,intermittently-revolving feed-roller I, and its co-actingpinching-rollersjj, tension device D and intermittentlyreciprocatingknife K, of the continuously-revolving endless belt E and the mechanismabove described for givingtheendless belt E a reciprocating movementwhile it is revolving to and from the knife, all substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

9. The combination, with the pasting mechanism above described, tensiondevice D in termittent feeding-roller I, and its coactingpinching-rollers j j, intermittent reciprocating knife K, and thecontinuouslyrevolving endless belt E of the revolving eam-disk Habove-described connecting-rod H, levers H, having their fulerums onshaft e, and connected with the shaft of one of the rollers of theendless belt, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. The combination, with the pasting mechanism above described, tensiondevice D, intermittent feed roller I and its coacting pinching-rollersjj, intermittently-reciprocating knife K, and endless belt E, which isrevolved continuously and carried intermittently inv a reciprocatingmanner to and from said knife, of the'can-revolving disks M M and themechanism above described operating said disks for closing and releasingthe can, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The combination, with the revolving canclamping device M M and theendless apron E, which is revolved continuously and is carried in areciprocating manner, and the cutting device K, of the mechanism abovedescribed for raising the forward end of the revolving apron whenapproaching said canclampingdevice and lowering the same when it ismoving backward toward said cutting device, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

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justablc sleeves 12. The combination of the revolving endlesslabel-applying apron, carriage supporting said apron as it is beingcontinuously revolved, and the jointed ways F F, with mechanism, abovedescribed, to move the said apron and its carriage alternately to andfrom the above-described mechanism which. clamps the can, and mechanism,above described, to alternately raise and lower the forward ends of thejointed ways for carrying the apron up to the periphery of the revolvingcan and down from the same, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

13. The mechanism above described for giving to the endlesslabel-applying belt or apron a reciprocating movement while beingrevolved, formed by the combination, with said apron, carriage E jointedways F F, vibrating levers H, and connecting-rod H, of revolving cam Hand an arm pivoted to a fixed piece and provided with aroller arrangedto connect said cam with said connecting-rod, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

14. The mechanism above described for raising the label applying apronup to the lower side of arevolving can as it approaches said can,consisting of the combination, with said apron and the carriage carryingthe rollers of the same, of the pivoted ways F and F, and rock-shaft Fconnecting-rod connected at one end to an arm on said rock-shaft and atits other end to lever F, operating with revolving cam G, and spring g,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

15. The mechanism above described for revolving the can, consisting ofthe combination, with revolving shafts M M, gears m m, supported inproper bearings and having each a sleeve within which said revolvingshaft M moves longitudinally, feathers secured to shaft M and engagingwith said gears so as to revolve said shafts, and clamping-disks M M, ofshaft M provided with gears m m and revolved by a pulley, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

16. The combination, with disks M M, secured to shafts which arerevolved continuously and are moved toward and from each otheralternately, of recessed ways at a, leading to the space or room betweensaid disks, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

17. The combination, with the shafts of clampingdisks M M,and gearswhich will permit said shafts to be moved longitudinally and alsorevolve the same, of mechanism, above described, operating both saidshafts simultaneously for moving said disks toward andfroin each otheralternately, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

18. The combination, with the revolving shafts of the can-clampingdisks, and sleeved gears with feathers which will rotate said shafts andpermit their longitudinal movement, of ad- M, levers M, connecting-rod Mlever M cam M and spring M, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

19. The combination, with brackets N, provided with recesses n, ofrevolving can-clamp ing disks, which are moved into and out from saidrecesses while revolving, and can'centering pins a" a and mechanism,above described, which will thrust said centering-pins inward past theline of the vertical plane of the face surface of said disks as soon asa can is fully delivered from between said disks and withdraw said pinsas soon as a can has been clamped between them, for the purposes setforth.

20. The combination, with brackets N N, provided with holes a a",situated at the peripheral line of the clamping'disks, of can-centeringpins a a, levers N Nf, and revolving cams N Nfi substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

21. The combination, with ways a a, of detent T, arranged to vibratewithin said ways to a point to permit cans to descend in the same, andmechanism, above described, for operating said detent, revolving disksand mechanism, above described, which will cause them to clamp the canand release the same while said disks are revolving, can-centering pinsof a, and the above-described mechanism for operating the said pins,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 1

22. The combination, with revolving clamping-disks, of apron O, bracket0, and lever P, and mechanism, above described,which will operate toraise said apron up to the periphcry of the can clamped between saiddisks at about the time the can is being released and lower said apronand throw it into a downwardly-inclining position, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

23. The combination, with bracket 0' and lever P, carrying acan-catching apron, of vertically-moving piece 0', provided with arm Prock'shaft P", provided with arms P and P wrist-pin P, connecting-rod P,and arm P, pivoted to the frame and provided with a roller working in arevolving cam, P, having surfaces described, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

24. The combination, with pivoted lever P, and bracket 0, having a cancatching apron at their upper ends, and spring P, connecting theiropposite ends, a vertically-moving shaft operated by mechanism toelevate and depress said apron, and the chute S, of mechanism, abovedescribed, which will operate to draw downwardly and forwardly the armof said lever, which connects with said apron for the delivery of thecan into chute S, substantially as set forth.

25. The combination, with bracket O,lever P, apron 0, spring P, andvertical shaft 0 provided with arm P, of connecting-rod S, havingconnection with lever P, and a rockshaft arm operated by cam P,abovedescribed, and connecting rod between said cam and rock-shaft, allsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

26. In acanlabeling machine, the combinatween the disks to a chute, andthe eonveyer tion, with the revolving can-clamping disks U,substantially as and for the purposes set 10 provided with the devicesdescribed for cenfort-h.

tering the can andmechanism described for w 5 detaining the cans abovefrom entering be i EEODOR tween said disks before the labeled can isdis- I XVitnesses:

charged therefrom, of mechanism, above de- ALEX. SELKIRK,

scribed, to deliver the labeled can from be- REUBEN XV. DREW.

